Postgraduate Study

World-class postgraduate programmes in the humanities
The School of Advanced Study is the UK’s national centre for the support and promotion of research in the humanities. Located at the heart of the University of London in Bloomsbury, our campuses are among some of the finest libraries, galleries, museums and archives in the world.
The School is comprised of eight internationally renowned specialist institutes and three centres of excellence for the Humanities, providing an unrivalled scholarly community in which to pursue postgraduate study and research.
We offer postgraduate programmes (MA, MRes, LLM, MPhil, and PhD) in a wide range of humanities subjects. In addition to these campus-based programmes, we offer several distance learning PhDs and master’s degree programmes. Find out why the School of Advanced Study might be the right fit for you.
Postgraduate Courses
We offer taught postgraduate programmes (MA, MRes, LLM, PGCert and PGDip) in a wide range of humanities subjects.
Research Degrees
We offer PhDs (and MPhils) by research, by publication and by practice. In addition to campus-based programmes, we offer distance learning PhDs, with supervision available on campus or online.